Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

N. B. ECCLESTON. 01m" HOLDER.

No. 472,343. Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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NOYES B. ECOLESTON, OF OXFORD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EUGENE SMITH, OFELMIRA, NEW YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,343, dated April 5,1892.

Application filed December 5, 1890. Serial No. 373,667. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Norm B. ECOLESTON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Oxford, in the county of Ohenango and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cuffholders, and is designed toprovide ready attachment of the cud to the wristband or sleeve and toallow for the adjustment of the cuff relatively to the end of thecoat-sleeve.

I am aware that many different kinds of attachments have been heretoforedevised for connecting the cuff to the wristband of the shirt and totheinner lining of the coat-sleeve; and my invention, therefore, doesnot consist, broadly, in such an attachment, my object being to provide,in the first place, a very simple attachment inexpensive to make, and,in the second place, an attachment easy to operate and effective in useand not liable to get out of order.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings the attachment, on anenlarged scale, in Figure 1 in perspective. Fig. 2 shows its attachmentto a cuff and its connection with the wristband of a sleeve.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece of sheet metal, or springmetal preferably, and stamp it out in the required shape, bending itcentrally on theline a, so as to bring the working ends in proximity.This gives the attachment practically an elongated U shape and providesfor the holding of the cuff by passing one of the ends of the attachmentthrough the ordinary buttonhole, either upon one side of the cuff orthrough two adjacent buttonholes, as shown in Fig. 2. This provides avery ready attachment to the cuff, and as the attachment at this pointis substantially of the same width as the buttonhole there is no dangerof tearing the latter or marring the appearance of the cuff at thispoint. The under member of the attachment othas an extension I) to oneside, the whole being perfectly fiat, and an opening is formed, as shownat c, at the lower end of the member aand its extension,the innerperiphery of the opening made in the extension being preferably formedwith serrations or projecting points. The upper member a is formed withan angular bend, as at d, so as to provide a support for the thumb andalso to aid in the spring action in the depression of the upper member.The bend in the upper member is substantially aright-angular bendslightly curved, and from this bend the extremity of the upper memberextends at a slight angle upward, conforming in shape substantially tothe shape of the opening in the lower end of the memberaand its extension, as shown at e in Fig. 1. The outer edge of the extremity of themember 0 is also serrated or toothed. The upper inner edge of the membera and its extension is made slightly beveled, so as to give greatereffect to the serrations by making them more pointed.

In attaching the cuff by myimproved device to the wristband of thesleeve it is only necessary to depress the end of the member 0 throughthe opening in the member a and its extension below the level of theunder surface thereof by pressure applied to the angular thumb-rest, andthen interpose the Wristband between the upper face of the depressedportion 0 and the under face of the member CL, and when it is thusproperly adjusted, so as to bring the cuff in the proper relation to theedge of the coat-sleeve, pressure is relieved from the thumb-rest andthe spring of the upper member will draw it up, and with it the materialof the wristband, which will thus be held between the abutting edges ofthe two members, the clamping action being aided by the toothed edges.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of the engaging ends of theholder, as this may be varied in configuration, so long as the lowermember is provided with an opening through which the reduced end of theupper member may pass, so as to clamp the material, as described herein.

Instead of constructing the holder of sheet metal, it may be made ofwire without affecting the operation thereof.

It will be noticed that the form of my holder is such that the cuff isgripped by the main part of the holder or the parallel portions near thebuttonhole, while the right-angular bend enables the upper member to beoperated by the thumb to press the extremity through the hole in thelower member. By this, also, the

fulcrum of the upper member is brought nearer the end, and thus astronger spring action is secured by reason of the two members coming incontact. It will be further seen 5 that the end of the upper memberpassing through the opening in the lower member is confined againstlateral movement, and lateral strain of the parts to which the holder isattached will not affect the spring action of the 10 members 011 accountof lateral displacement.

I claim as my invention The cult-holder described, formed from a singlemetallic strip bent upon itself to form upper and lower members, theupper members having an angular bend and terminating in a toothedgripping end, the lower member having an opening with a toothed edge toreceive the gripping end of the upper member, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NOYES B. EOCLESTON. Witnesses:

O. H. ECCLESTON, \VILLIAM K. JACOBS.

